The first step in controlling your cholesterol is a balanced diet and exercise. But, even with a good diet and exercise, you may need medicine to lower your cholesterol
By smoking less, watching their cholesterol and lowering their high blood pressure, Americans halved their risk of dying from heart disease over past 20 years.
The number of people hospitalized or killed by serious heart attacks each year is down–but the cost of treating people hospitalized with heart disease is up.
Heart association launches 10-year program to cut heart and stroke deaths 20 percent.
Some LIFEPAK CR Plus may fail in “extremely humid” conditions, FDA says
Blood thinner pills require you to make lifestyle changes, such as taking them at the same time each day and making sure you don’t injure yourself.
By Lori Whittaker, MD
I love to talk about affairs of the heart: Not just because St. Valentine’s Day falls in February, but because this is American Heart Month.
Your heart can always use a little TLC. And the same goes for the heart of your husband, your wife, your significant other, your kids and even your [...]
An Aspirin a Day? The Answer is Different for Men and Women
By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.
August 4, 2009
Throughout the ages, the differences between men and women have been the subject of plays, movies, and books. Shakespeare poked fun at the topic.
And, more recently, books with titles like Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus explored [...]
Seattle’s record heat wave has contributed to the death of a Seattle man, King County officials said Thursday.
The man, in his 60s, had a heart condition that may have made him more vulnerable to the effects this week’s high temperatures in the Seattle area, officials said.
Dr. David Fleming, director and health officer for Public Health [...]
King County’s Emergency Medical Services has created one-minute training videos that can be downloaded to your Apple iPod Touch phone or Google phone on how to provide cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and what to do if someone is choking .
“If people know CPR and choke aid procedures, they use them in an emergency. We developed a phone application [...]
If you have a cardiac arrest whether you live or die depends largely on where you live.
If you live in Seattle, for example, you have about a 50/50 chance of surviving.
But if you live in Dallas, Texas, your chances are 1 in 10. In New York City, they’re 1 in 20.
And if you live in Detroit, [...]
Lori Whittaker, M.D. is a family physician, who practices at Swedish Physicians Division.
She also serves as a quality improvement consultant for the Puget Sound Health Alliance, a collaboration of more than 150 hospitals, clinics, employers, insurance companies and other organizations working to improve quality and reduce healthcare costs.
In this the first of a monthly column, [...]
In a large study of older women, taking multivitamins did not reduce the risk of heart disease or cancer—nor did it appear to prolong life.
Marian L. Neuhouser, Ph.D from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Division of Public Health Sciences was the lead author of the paper, which appears on the February 9 issue of Archives [...]
Chronic diseases such as heart failure,high blood pressure, arthritis and diabetes don’t generally go away—but they can be managed, writes Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in her latest column.
“If you or a loved one has a chronic condition,” she writes, “you know that managing it can be [...]
Fighting hunger and obesity at the same time
The Obama administration intends to use federal food assistance programs to improve the nutrition of the poor, the Washington Post reports.
Obesity is a growing health problem with one in four Americans now being dangerously overweight and one in three children being either overweight or obese.
Research, including work being [...]
Taking vitamins E and C failed to prevent heart attacks and strokes in a large study of older men being released online today by JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study followed more than 14,600 male physicians over the the age of 50 years who were randomly assigned to take either a vitamin [...]
More U.S. children are taking prescription drugs for the treatment of asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other chronic diseases, according to a new study.
The study, which appears in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics, looked at data from Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits management company that supplies prescription drugs to more [...]
Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see
They squeeze in with relatives, couch surf with friends or camp out in cars. More families are quietly becoming homeless, driven to the edge by a lack of jobs and affordable housing. The Seattle Times and its local news partners tackle the topic together. Project home
E-Health Records: Seattle is ahead of the curve
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